Dye thou knowst not when Put not thy hope in death of other men Or thus 19 Since all are mortall what more vaine can be Then hope to bury them may bury thee Or thus 19 Since God a fraile vncertaine life doth give thee Hope not on dead mens shooes that may out live thee Or thus 19 Why should we hope of being others Heyres Doth not our owne sand runne as fast as Theirs Or thus 19 Since in us all Life hath a doubtfull scope To hope for dead mens Goods is dead mens Hope Or thus 19 What contract canst thou make with Death that He Should serve his writs on others and spare thee Or thus 19 It is not Hope but wan hope to surmize That thou shalt live to close anothers eyes Or thus 19 Since all our lives are brittle Glasse and weake What reason thine should hold and others breake Or thus 19 Why shouldst thou thinke t' out live them that be old Though thou art young Dâ—th death a scantling hold Or thus 19 Thinke not thy selfe from Death the more at rest For being young 't is greene fruit Death loves best Or thus 19 Thinke not that life 's a fruit not fit to gather But when t is ripe Death likes it unripe rather Or thus 19 Lifes fruit is tender seldome comes to good Death is a Frost in May nips it i' th Bud. Or thus 19 The lives of men seeme in two seas to swimme Death comes to young folkes and old goe to him Or thus 19 Which may we count to death the greater haster The old hath lesse to goe the young runnes faster Or thus 19 No certaine time is set to be lifes border Death takes away by lot and not by order Or thus 19 Old folkes so gastly are and looke so grimme That death feares them as much as they feare him Or thus 19 To thinke t' out live thy youngers midnesse wereâ— Thine Elders Folly therefore Both forbeare 20 Exiguum munus quum dat tibi pauper amicus Accipito placide plene laudâ—re memento 20 When a poore friend a small gift gives to thee Take it in worth and let it praysed be Or thus 20 When a poore friend presents thee some small toye Shew thy acceptance by some show of joy Or thus 20 When a poore friend for some small thing makes shift Looke on the Givers minde not on the Gift 21 Infantem nudum quum ie Natuâ—a crearit Paupertat is onus patienter ferre memento 21 Since Infants bare and naked borne we were Let us our Poverty with patience beare Or thus 21 Even nature teacheth Poverty to beare Since bare and naked made by her we were Or thus 21 What child that 's good would skorn his Mothers blessing Then skorn not barenesse which is Natures dressing Or thus 21 She that gave Life gave Barenesse Is sh'a Mother In giving life A stepdame in the other Or thus 21 Since Poverty is Natures Gift and Gifts Of Nature All are good why seeke we shifts Or thus 21 Barenesse and Poverty are of Natures giving In Birth and Death and why not then in living Or thus 21 Nature that 's simple why wouldst thou have mixt Poore first and last and why not Poore betwixt Or thus 21 Richmen and Poore what difference between them All Borne All dead alike the rest a Dreame Or thus 21 We came into the world without a clout And in as poore a pickle we goe out Where life 's both Ends are in so meane degree What matter is 't how meane the middle be Or thus 21 We came into the Word without a robe And we goe out againe as poore as Iob If Earth unto us should a heaven prove How could we looke to have a Heaven above Or thus 21 Since Nature made us poore le ts patient be Shee better knowes what 's good for us then we 22 Ne time as illam quae vitae est vltima finis Qui Mortem metuit quod Vivit perdit idipsum 22 Feare not that Ende of life which Nature gives He that feares Death looseth even that he lives Or thus 22 Feare not that End of life which is the last The feare of Death puts Lifes mouth out of taste Or thus 22 Doe not thy minde to frightfull fancies give To live still fearing Death is not to live Or thus 22 Betimes thinke on thy last End and be steady He that feares Dying is halfe dead allready Or thus 22 Feare not least Death should thee of life deprive Such Feare puts life into her Grave alive Or thus 22 Feare not the houre that life shall lose her light Where such Feare is she never hath but night Or thus 22 Feare not lifes last each day Death cuts our skore And yet not Felt the last will doe no more Or thus 22 Feare not the time that life shall end her taske The Feare of Dying is Deaths Antimaske Or thus 22 What cause have we at Death to take offence If Feele we live still if not live No Sence Or thus 22 As good to fall as still to feare we were Feare is as deadly as the Fall we feare Or thus 22 Feare not lifes End to feare that Dye we shall Makes life a Death and so no life at all Or thus 22 Feare is it selfe a Death then Death comes on And makes Two Deaths where we might scape with one Or thus 22 What day is liv'd but that to death we give Who therefore would not Die He must not live Or thus 22 Feare's never good but when it may preserve Then feare not Death for which no feare will serve Or thus 22 Possesse thy minde in peace stint Passions strife Neither Feare death nor Be in love with life 23 Si tibi pro meritis nemo respondet amicus Incusare Deum noli sed te ipse coerce 23 If thâ—u find'st no friend answer to thy merits Yet charge not God withall but calme thy spirits Or thus 23 If men for thy deservings prove unkinde Yet blame not God but moderate thy minde Or thus 23 If thou be kinde to friends They not to thee Yet doe not lay the blame on Gods Decree Or thus 22 Because thy friends not gratious are to thee Wilt thou to God Ungratious therefore be Or thus 23 To finde thy friends ungratefull is a curse But for it to repine at God is worse Or thus 23 If all thy friends unthankfull prove to thee Yet doe not Thou to God but thankefull be 24 Ne tibi quid Desit quâ—sitis vtere parce Vtque quodest serves semper tibi deesse putato 24 To keepe from want spend prodigally never To keepe from spending Thâ—nke thou wantest ever Or thus 24 That want thou mayst not save what thou hast got That save thou mayst Thinke that thou hast it not Or thus 24 The best way not to want is to be sparing The way to spare To be for want still caring 25 Quod praestare potes ne bis
Age nor let it be revil'de To mocke an Old man is to mocke a Childe Or thus 18 Laugh not at those defects which Old age sends In Childhood life beganne in Childhood ends Or thus 18 When thou art young mocke not Old folkes decay They were as Thou and Thou shalt be as They. Or thus 18 VVho would mocke Children and Old folks are more Twice Children They Once now and once before Or Thus 18 Nature by Age seemes to raise childhoods price VVhich other Ages once makes Childhood twice Or thus 18 Childhood so harmelesse is Middle Age so vaine That Nature makes Old age turne Childe againe Or thus 18 VVho scoffe at Age scoffe at their owne Desire For who that lives but doth to Age aspire Or thus 18 Let him that mockes Old age this Doome sustaine Either die Young or Old be crackt in 's braine 19 Disce aliquid nam qum subito Fortuna recessit Ars remanet Vitamque hominis non deserit unquam 19 Get Knowledge for when Fortune slips away Yet Art stayes with thee and will ever stay Or thus 19 Learne something for when Fortunes trust deceives thee Yet Art is as thy Heart that never leaves thee Or thus 19 Get Learning for when outward things decay Yet Art is neither Times nor Fortunes prey Or thus 19 All other things like Flowers are fading seene Learning is like the Laurell alwaies greene Or thus 19 Get Knowledge Fortune takes what Fortune gives Knowledge alone in spight of Fortune lives Or thus 19 Get Knowledge other things a man may lose Knowledge is that which once come never goes Or thus 19 Get Learning other things are seas'd on daily Art only's priviledg'd and feares no Baily Or thus 19 Get Knowledge other things are but as Leases Art onely is in Fee and never ceases Or thus 19 Learne something Wealth is of a casuall quality Art onely hath a certaine Immortality 20 Perspicito tecum tacitus quid quisque loquatur Sermo etenim mores celat indicat idem 20 Be silent and observe what each man sales For speech mens manners both hides and bewraies Or thus 20 If mens Conditions thou desire to know Their Speeches marke These them both hide and show Or thus 20 To marke carefully mens speech Speech is a starre Both hides and showes what mens Conditions are 21 Exerce studium quamvis perceperis Artem Vt cura Ingenium Sic manus adiuvat usum 21 Practise thy Art though th' art thou have already As study makes thee know Vse makes thee ready Or thus 21 Practise thy Art still though the Art thou knows By study it was got by use it growes Or thus 21 Practise thy art though it thou understand Care bred in it the braine use in the hand 22 Multum venturine câ—res tempera Fati Non meiuit Mâ—rtem qui scit contemnere vitam 22 Much care not to what destiny thou art borne He feares not death that can hold life in skorne Or thus 22 Be not much troubled what Fates thee attend He that can skornâ— life needs not feare his end Or thus 22 Care not what time Death shall dissolve this slime He that scornes life can die at any time Or thus 22 Care not what time thy time of dying is To one prepar'd no time can come amisse Or thus 22 What matter is it when or bow thou dyest Life 's not so goodly when it is at highest Or thus 22 What 's life that in it we should place our joyes We eate drinke talke walke laugh and all but toies Or thus 22 Life is to men as it doth seeme unto them They that are fond on 't much good may it doe them 23 Disce sed a Doctis Indochos ipsâ— Doceto Propaganda etenim rerum doctrina bâ—â—arum 23 Learne thou of Learned men th'unlern'd of thee So learnings Race must propagated be Or thus 23 Let learned men teach thee Teach thou th'unlearned In this sort must the ship of Arâ—â— be sterned 24 Hoâ— bibe quod possis si tu vis vivere sanus Morbi caâ—sae moli Nimiae est quâ—â—nque volâ—pâ—â— 24 Drinke not too much if thou thy health intend Every Excesse hath some Defect in th' End Or thus 24 Drinke not extreamely if thou love thine ease Every Extreme breeds some extreme Disease Or thus 24 Drinke what thou canst well beare surfets to some As well by drinking as by eating come Or thus 24 Drinke moderately if health thou wilt maintaine Excesse of pleasure breeds excesse of paine Or thus 24 Thinke not to breake thy head with Drinke is good For though it bleeds not yet it teints the blood Or thus 24 Drinke serves the Bodies moysture to maintaine When that turn 's seâ—v'd the rest but drowns the braine Or thus 24 Thy braines would shine if washing every day Did wash them cleane not wash them cleane away Or thus 24 Drinke but in temper Pleasure without measure Brings thee at last to measure without pleasure Or thusâ— 24 Drinke not too much what man that were not vaine Would broach his mouth to set a tylt his braine Or thus 24 Drinke what thou câ—â—st well beare for more then that Brings present madnesse future God knows what Or thus 24 Drinke not too much such Drinking will in Fyne Have a worse skore then paying for the wine 25 Laâ—d iris quodcunque palam quodcunque probaris Hoc vide ne rursum 〈◊〉 crimine damnes 25 Dispraise not that which thou hadst prais'd before Least thou for lightnesse be dispraised more Or thus 25 Seeme not to have two Tongues within your Head By Contradicting what before you said Or thus 25 Be not a weather cocke to change thy mind In praising and Dispraising with the wind Or thus 25 To praise a thing at one tiâ—â—e and another To vilifie the same is lightnesse Feather Or thus 25 To Praise a thing and dispraise it againe Is with the Tongue to play legeâ—demain Or thus 25 First to extoll then vilifie againe Shews both a gadding tongue and giddy Braine 26 Tranquillis rebus semper quae adversa cavate Rursim in adversis â—elius sperare memento 26 In calmy times take heed of stormes may rise In stormie times hope well for calmer skies Or thus 26 Since Fortune of her wheele is still a turning Griefe well may hope for joy and joy feare mourning Or thus 26 On Fortunes lightnesse set thou up thy rest In wealth to feare in want to hope the best Or thus 26 Nature for two estates hath given two passions Hope for dejectings feare for exaltations Or thus 26 Wealths Armes is feare Wants Hope so want is best In better Armes though wealth in better Crest Or thus 26 When Fortune smiles doubt it to be but hollow And when she frownes doubt not but smiles will follow Or thus 26 Thou maist give Fortune leave to frowne a while For having â—rown'd shee 'l turne about and smile 27 Discere
labor frustra tent at a relinquas 15 Take no more on thee than thou canst performe Least fainting under it thou leave with Skorne Or thus 15 Attempt but what thou canst least in the race Thou faint and tire and leave it with disgrace Or thus 15 Attempt but what thou canst least thou be faine To turne in at the Signe of Labour in vaine Or thus 15 Undertake not too much least without thanke Thou prove thy selfe a bragging Mountibanke Or thus 15 Strive not above thy strength least thou be glad To take such Pay as Babell's Workmen had 16 Quod nosti hand recte factum nolite â—ilere Ne videare malos imitâ—rt velle tacendo 16 Conceale no Deed thou knowest to be naught Least for concealing thou as bad be thought Or thus 16 Conceale not what thou justly dost mislike Least thou be thought as like to doe the like Or thus 16 Silence consents 't is therefore necessity To tell mens faults least thou be Accessary Or thus 16 Conceale not what thou knowst ill done Concealing In Acts Fellonious is as bad as stealing Or thus 16 Conceale not mens ill doings least men Read Thy Will as wicked as the others Deed. Or thus 16 Sylence may make an Innocent be guilty If it conceale mens doings that are filthy Or thus 16 Conceale not mens ill Deeds least thy Concealing Make thee be thought as bad as them their Dealing Or thus 16 If thou a Theft know let it be reveal'd A Theefes Concealour is a Theefe conceal'd 17 Iudicis auxilium sub iniqua lege rogato Ipsae etiam leges cupiunt vt iure regantur 17 From wrong of Law seeke to the Iudge for Right For even the Lawes require an oversight Or thus 17 Wrong'd by the Law Implore the Iudges might It is the Lawes owne suit to bee set right Or thus 17 Appeale thou to the Iudge from the Lawes spight For even the lawes themselves appeale to right Or thus 17 Fly to the Iudge when thou art wrong'd by law For even Law must it selfe be kept in awe Or thus 17 When Law would strike the Iudge may be a shield The Dumbe Law to the speaking Law tnust yeeld Or thus 17 When Lawes doe freeze the Iudges Hearts may thaw And Iudges are a Law even to the Law Or thus 17 When Lawes are harsh the Iudges must be milde Else all Humanity will be Exil'd Or thus 17 No Law can be a Rule so streight and iust But it may Rule awry If Iudges lyst 18 Quod merito pateris patienter perfer id ipsum Quum que reus tibi sis ipsum te Iudice Damna 18 What thou deservst to beare beare without grudge And Guilty to thy selfe Be also Iudge 19 Multa legas facitâ— Perlectis perlege multa Nam Miranda canunt sed non Crâ—denda Poetae 19 Read much and much read Read much more In briefe Poets are all for wonder not beleefe Or thus 19 Read much and much read Read it againe Indeed Poets speake strange things but not alwayes Creed Or thus 19 Read more and more and still Reade more and know Poets tel wonders but not Gospell though Or thus 19 Never give over Reading by thy will Poets sing sweet but above Ela still Or thus 19 Never give over Reading nor forbeare it Though Poets tell thee wonders Doe not sweare it Or thus 19 Be Reading still and never shut thine Eyes Poets tel Tales are neither Truths nor lies Or thus 19 Be Reading still Poets can give a passe To that shall never be nor ever was Or thus 19 Thy Bookes and thee let nothing part asunder In Poets mouthes A miracle is no wonder 20 Inter Convivas fac sis sermone modestus Ne dicare lrquax dum vis â—rbanus haberi 20 Amongst Ghests at a Feast be no Debater Least seeking praise of wit thou prove a prater Or thus 20 When thou art at a Feast much talke refraine Leaft thou be thought to have more Tongue then brain Or thus 20 When thou art at a Feast forbeare much talke Men come not thither to heare thy Tongue walke 21 Coniugis Iratae noli tu verba timere Nam struit infidias lachrymis quum faemina plorat 21 Let not the Angry words of thy wife fray thee T is when a woman weepes she meanes to pay thee Or thus 21 Feare not thy wifes hot words t is womans guise Plaine when she plaigues deceitfull when she cries 22 Vtere quaesitis sed ne vide aris abuti Qui sua consuâ—unt quum Dâ—st aliena sequuntur 22 Abuse not thy Estate with riotous dealing For Riot wounds with want want cures with stealing Or thus 22 Vse thy Estate but Foole it not away Turn'd out of all Men turne to Birds of prey Or thus 22 Use but with temper that which thou hast got No Leech like One that had and hath it not Or thus 22 Vse that thou hast but Use it with discretion Evacuation's madde for new Repletion Or thus 22 Use thy Estate but give it not the slippe VVant makes the Old wife troâ—t the Young wife trippe Or thus 22 Be not profâ—se in spending when all failes Men live not by their hands but by their Nailes Or thus 22 Use that thou hast but make no wilfull waste All gone men turne to Cannyballs at last 23 Fac tibi propanas Mâ—rtem non esse timendam Quae bona si non est Finis tamen illa malorum 23 Resolve of Death no feare is to be had VVhich though not good yet Ends all that is bad Or thus 23 Where Death is feard it seemes not understood Is not the End of Evils a Ioyfull Good Or thus 23 Be not afraid of Dying hast not thou Good Cause to welcome that brings th' Olive bough Or thus 23 Who would feare Death which though an End it be Yet not of Vs but of our Misery Or thus 23 Soule brought a Bed of Body and Delivered Is Death Is not hee that feares this white liverd Or thus 23 Death is an End and a Beginning too As that not ill as this a thing we woe Or thus 23 This one thing were enough to raise deaths price That ther 's no way but it to Paradise Or thus 23 These Goods are onely in Deaths Cabbin kept All weeping left all weeping past unwept Or thus 23 With this account all feare of Death is fled To live as long as live and longer Dead Or thus 23 Be this thy mindes both quietnesse and strife To make thy life a Grave thy Grave a life Or thus 23 Make life a Grave by being dead to sinne The Grave a life by Hope to Rise agen Or thus 23 This I resolve and let the houres fly To live upright and if I dye I dye 24 Vxoris linguam si frugi est â— ferre memento Nomque malum est te nolle puti hanc non posse tacere 24 Beare with thy wifes Tongue if her truth thou see Why should she
37 How can we reckon upon lifes Extent That know not what we have till all be spent Or thus 37 Why shouldst thou count thy life to be an Ell When if it reach to be a spanne t is well Or thus 37 Death searcheth all our ports and when we thinke Our ship most sale we spring a leake and sinke Or thus 37 This partiall Errour on mens mindes is growne They thinke Death others case but not their owne Or thus 37 We must Examples to our selves apply Such men dide young or suddaine why not I 38 Thure Deum placa Vitulum sine erescat â—â—trâ— No credas placare Deum quum cade litatur 38 Incense for Sacrifice Leave calves for plowes Thinke not thou canst please God with bloudy Vowes 39 Cede locum lasus Fortuna Cede Potenti Ladere qui potuâ—t prodesse aliquando valebit 39 Give Fortune place Give place to men in place Who hurts thee now may one day shew thee grace Or thus 39 Vaile to ill Fortune Vaile to men of might Who wrong thee now may after doe thee Right 40 Quum quid peccaris Casâ—â—igata te ipse subinde Vulnera dum saâ—as Dolor est medicina doloris 49 For every fault some chastisement sustaine In healing wounds Paine is the Cure of paine Or thus 40 When faults are done let chastisement beginne The Paine of pennance cures the paine of sinne Or thus 40 Punish thy selfe for every idle vaine T will aske some rubbing to get out a staine Or thus 40 Penâ—ance for sinne must not be counted vâ—yne No wound is cur'd but with some sence of paine Or thus 40 To every sinne some chastisement impart Men will be loath to sinne if sure to smart 41 Damnaris nunquam post longum tempus amicum Mutavit mores sed pignor a prima memento 41 Condemne not friends whom long Experience proves What if they Change Thinke thou of their first loves Or thus 41 Condemne no friend that of Times sealing is Say he be chang'd yet thou hast Pawnes of his Or thus 41 Condemne no friend whom often tride thou hast Suppose he change Thinke thou of that is past Or thus 41 Condemneno friend where Time gives Evidence Say he be changed Thinke t is thine own offence 42 Suspectus cave sis Ne sis miser omnibus horis Naâ—â— timidis suspectis aptissima mors est 42 Be not suspitious least thou alwaies cry Suspitious men and cowards were best Dyeâ— Or thus 42 For men suspitious there is no releife Nothing but Death can remedie their griefe 43 Quum famâ—los fueris proprios mercatus in vsus Vt servâ—s dicas homines tamen esse memento 43 When for thy use thou buyest servants theâ— Though slaves thou call them yet know they are Men. 44 Quam primam capiâ—ndatibi est Occasiâ— prima Nerursus quaer as quae iam neglexer is ante 44 Neglect not the first opportunity Lest it neglected after neglect thee Or thus 44 Take hold of opportunity before Least offered and refus'd it come no more 45 Morte repentina noli gaeudere malorum Felices obeunt quorum sine crimine Vita est 45 At bad mens suddaine dying be not glad Where life was good no kinde of death is bad Or thus 45 At bad mens suddaine Ends doe not reioyce The best men cannot of their deaths make choice Or thus 45 Never reioyce at bad mens suddaine death What matter in what for me death stops our breath 46 Quum tibi sit eoniux Ne Res Fama laboret Vitandum ducas Inimicum Nomen amici 46 Having a Wife Take heed of such a friend That may thy Fame detract and Fortunes spend 47 Quum tibi contigeris studio cognâ—scere multa Fac discas multa et vita nil vellâ— doceri 47 Having learned much learne more and shun as naught 47 The Will of being unwilling to be taught FINIS Faults escaped in Printing correct thus IN the Epistle page 2. line 4. for next proceeding read next praeceding fol. 4. li. 19. Prayers read Paires p. 18. l. 7. for word r. world p. 49. l. 20. to the Phisitian r. to a Phisitianâ— f. 50 l. 6. Faults r. Falls fol. 51. li. 13. T will be sore crossing out re T will be some crossing out fo 75. li. 11. a rich man more r. yet rich men more fo 88. li. 17. To marke blot out Te fol. 89. l. 4. bred in it r. bred it in In the quotations also there are Errours crept in which if they be not blotted out to his hand I desire the Reader to blot out as namely The quotation out of Ecclus. upon the 26 Distich Lib. 1. The quotation out of Ecclus. upon the 2 Distich Lib. 2. The quotation out of Ecclus. upon the 13. Distich Lib. 3. about an Dom. 170. Pro. 6. 9. 19. 15. 10. 13. 24 30. 33. Iam. 3. 21. Pro. 10. 19. Ecclus 5. 13 20. 1. 2. Pro. 26. 7. Eccles. 9. 4. 29 5. 10. Eccle 10. 4 Ecclus. 8. 3. Pro. 9. 11. Eccles. 9. 12. 1. 2. 29. 20. 14. 11. Pro. 13. 3. Eccle. 9. 19. 7. 10. 41. 23. Eccle. 9. 1â—â— 11. Eccles 9. 19. 8. Eccles. 9. 21 24 28. Pro 20 21. 27 23 24 Eccle. 9. 18. 25. Eccles 9. 4. 8. Eccle. 9. 14. 1â— 17 18 Ecclus. 20. 16â— Pâ—â— 3. 28. 〈…〉 Ecclus. 20. 1 Ecclns. 14. 17. 18. 17. 2. Ecclus. â—0 â—0 Prov. 17. 14. 15. 1 20. 3. 25. 8. 9. Ecclus. 28. 11. Prâ—u 19. 21. 25. 28. Ecclus. 4. 30. Ecclus 7. 8. Iames 5. 10 11. Ecclus. 1. 23 Ecclus. 25. 3 Ecclus. 14. 11. 〈…〉 Pro. 14. 29. Eccle. 7. 9. Pro. 11. 24. Pro. 25. 8. 15. 1. lob 23. 8. 9. EccIus II. 4. Pro. 19. 14. Pro. 17. 9. Pro. 25 27. EccIus 15. 9. 10. 11. Ecclus. 6. 3 Pro. 24. 7. Pro. 28. 16. Ecclus. 10. 9 18. 32. Pro. â—0 19. Ecclus. 19. 14. Pro. 20. 1. â—â— 20. 30 Esay 5. 11. Ecclus. 1â— 17. 19. 27 16. 17. 37 8. 13. P 10. 24. 1. Pro. 22. 3. Pro. 14. 10. Pro. 4. 25. Ecclus. 37. 29. 30 31. 19. 20. Ecclus. 7. 7. Ecclus. 14. 13. 17. 33 27. Ecclus. 10. 25. Ecclus. 2. 4. â—9 23. 〈…〉 Tit. 2. 7. Pro. 21. 11. Lev. 5. 1. Ecâ—luâ— 31. 7 8 9. These following follow Cato but go a Christian step beâ—ond him Ecclus. 3. 8. 7. 27. Eccle. 5. 10 11. 1â— lam 5. 1. 2. Pro. 23. 4. 5. 1 Tim 6. 9. Ecclus. 31. 1. 5. 40. 18. Ecclus. 31. 19. 20. 40. 18. Ecclus. 30. 14. 15. 16. Pro. 27. 9. 17. 17. Ecclus. 6. 14 16. Ecclus. 34. 19. Ecclus. 6. 7. 37. 1. 6. Eccles. 2. 24. 3. 13. 5. 18. 9. 7 8. Ecclus. 10. 29. 14. 3. 7. 20. 17. Ecclus. 15. 6. 41 12. Eccles. 8. 6. Prov. 4. 18. Eccles. 7. 12 Ecclus. 21. 21 51. 28. Ecclus. 7. 5. 7. 4. 27. 27. 7. Iames 4. 14. Ecclus. 40. 2. Ecclus. 8 9. Pro. 23. 2â— 30. Ecclus. 31 29 25. 31. Ecclus. 5. 10. Iob. 24. 24. Iob 32. 9. Ecclus. 6. 7. 8 9. Ecclus. 21 12. Ecclus. 19. 12. 31. 27. 28 Ecclus. 19. 26 27 28. 27. 22. 23 Pro. 3. 30. 22. 22. 23 Esay 19. 21 Ecclus. 35. 18. Ecclus. 19 10. Iob. 14. 14. 21. 23. Ecclus. 14. 12. 〈…〉 Ecclus. p. 1. Ecclus. 7 20 Ecclus. 4 20 Prov. 4. 17. Ecclus. 8. 7
necesses cuta sapieâ—â—iâ— crescit Raâ—â— dâ—tur longo Prudentia temporis usu 27 Cease not to learne from this doth wise â—ome rise Time without learning seldo ne makes men wise Or thus 27 Cease not to lerne wisedome by care doth climbe He knows not much that 's taught by onely time Or in a contrary sense 27 Cease not to learne wisedome by care doth climbe And then grows rare when it is taught by time Or thus 27 Cease not to learne that 's wisedomes first degree Adde time to it and then 't will perfect be 28 Parce laudato nam quem tu sape probaris Vna dies qualis fuerit oftendet amicus 28 Praise not too fast for whom thou oft hast praised One houre will shew on what weake ground t' was raised Or thus 28 Be spare in setting a Friends praises forth For till the try all day al 's nothing worth Or thus 28 Praise not a friend too much onely one day Will tell more of him then all you can say Or thus 28 Praise not too fast thy praise may chance to run Where thy friends worth will scarce come creeping oâ— Or thus 28 Praise not a friend too much least if you payâ— His wages before hand he run away Or thus 28 Praise not a friend too fast it is not thoâ— But time and proofe that must his praise alow Or thus 28 Praise not a friend too much a sadder wound May come by praises lost then friend not found Or thus 28 Praise not too much left thou be forc'd in th' end To eate thy words and vomit up thy friend Or thus 28 Praise not a friend upon bare intimation There 's more belongs to proofe then protestation Or thus 28 Make no post haste to put friends in thy Creed Many are friends in shew but Few in Deed. Or thus 28 You cannot count one happy till he die You must not count a Friâ—â—nd untill you trie 29 Ne pudeat quae nescieris te velle dâ—câ—ri Scire aliquid laus est culpa est Nil discere velle 29 What thou knowst not thinke no shame to be taught To know is praise no will to learne the Fault Or thus 29 What thou knowst not be willing to be taught The will to learne makes Ignorance 〈◊〉 fault 30 Cum Venere Baccho lis est sed juncta voluptas Quod blandum est animo complectere sed fuge â—ites 30 Venus and Bacchus have both strife and joy Avoyd the strife The joy thou maist enjoy Or thus 30 In love and wine there is both strife and rest Thy part 's to part them and then take the best 31 Demisso tacitos animo vitaâ—e â—â—â—â—ento Qua fluâ—non platidum est for san latet â—ltius â—nda 31 Offilent solemne sullen men beware The streame runs smooth where deepest waters are Or thus 31 When you see men that words and lookes can keepe The stream tels what they are more smooth more deep Or thus 31 The streame runs smooth where deepe and such is one That saies not much and lookes like Fryer Iohn Or thus 31 Looke to such men as looke deject and still The still Sow alwaies eats up all the â—will 32 Quum tibi displiceat rerum Fortuna tuarum Alterius specta quo sis discrimine prior 32 When thy owne Fortune seemes to thee a curse Marke others see what numbers there are worse Or Thus 32 Why shouldst thou grieve or think thy own case strange When most are such with whom thou woulst not changâ— Or thus 32 If Fortune now give thee not thy content Wert thou as some are how should she be shent Or thus 32 When thou conceivest Fortune doth beshrow thee Thinke in what case are others farre below thee Or thus 32 Thinke when thou envy'st others thy superiours How many envy thee that are inferiours Or thus 32 What needs the Moone with envy looke so pale Shee 's great to stars though to the sunne be small Or thus 32 If nothing else content thee yet this may The Best have better the worst worse then they Or thus 32 All Fortunes Oddes is by comparisons Eye Looke up or downe and thou art low or high 33 Quod potes id tenta nam littus carpereremis Tutius est multo quam velum tendere in Altum 33 Strive not above thy strength the shoare to keepe Is safer farre then launch into the Deepe Or thus 33 To deale in things above thy reach Refraine The shore is alwaies safer then the Maine Or thus 33 Climbe not too high least thou endangerd be Low bowes are strong but weake at top o' th Tree Or thus 33 Thinke not thy forces greater then they are Conceit is able Able-parts to marre Or thus 33 Let not presumption worke thy owne deceit No greater Mountibanke then selfe-conceit 34 Contra hominem iustum prave contendere Noli Semper enim Deus iniustas ulciscitur iras 34 Seeke not to justle just men from their right God never failes revenge to vnjust spight Or thus 34 Strive not unjustly against one that 's just God takes his part and Answere it thou must Or thus 34 Let not just men unjustly feele thee strong God is himselfe Revenger of all wrong Or thus 34 Wronging iust men you wrong not them alone God makes account of their cause as his owne Or thus 34 Be not unjustly with just men at oddes The cause is theirs but the Revenge is Gods Or thus 34 Offer no wrong to iust men though you might God is a god of Vengeance in their Right Or thus 34 By iust mens wrong doe not Gods wrath procure He strikes not alwaies soone but alwaies sure 35 Ereptis opibus nolitu flere querendo Sedgâ—udâ— potius tibi quum conting it habere 35 Loosing thy riches doe not fall a weeping But rather ioy thou hadst them once in keeping Or thus 35 If thy goods be flowne from thee doe not cry But rather ioy thou hadst them to let fly 36 Est Iactura gravis quae sunt amittere damnis Suâ— quaedam quae ferre decet patienter amice 36 'T is great disaster to loose all by losses Yet for some friends we suffer must some crosses Or thus 36 The losse is great when all away is swept Yet there are some things better lost then kept Or thus 36 It needs must grieve to be with losses â—rost Yet what is lost for friends is never lost 37 Tempera longa tibi noli promittere vitae Quocunque ingrederis sequitur Mors corporis Vâ—brâ— 37 Make to thy selfe no Promise to live long Death as thy shadow followes thee all along Or thus 37 How canst thou Promise to thy selfe long life Which but a thred holds and Death holds the knife Or thus 37 All Promises of Life deceitfull are Death 's nearer to us then we are aware Or thus 37 While men their daies of life are multiplying They live not longer but are longer Dying Or thus